Free Software and Utilities for Windows, Mac and Linux

Anti-Virus

• AVG Anti-Vrus
• F-Secure
• Panda ActiveScan - Online Virus Scanner
• Trend Micro Virus Scan - Online Virus Scanner

Bootdisk Creators

• Bootdisk.com - Download bootdisks for all Microsoft Operating Systems

CD Ripping Software

• dBpowerAMP Music Converter

Convertors

• Convert - conversion program that will convert between many diffferent units.
• MP3 Trim & WAVTrim - Use these 2 programs to clean up Wav and MP3 files
• Realaudio-to-Wav Recorder - Convert Real Audio to WAV

Diary / Journal

• iDailyDiary - Keep your own diary

Download Managers

• Fresh Download

E-Mail

• Pegasus Mail - the Internet's longest-serving PC e-mail system
• Thunderbird E-mail - E-Mail software from Mozilla

File Sharing

• BitTorrent
• Amule

File Viewers

• Adobe Acrobat Reader - View and print PDF files
• Autodesk DWF Viewer - View and print DWF files
• eBook Pro - Free eBook viewer
• ExtractNow - Extract multiple archives (ZIP, RAR, etc) with the click of a button.
• Fresh View - Multimedia Viewer
• IrfanView - Graphics viewer, covers all main image formats
• Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 - View and print Excel documents
• Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer - View and print Powerpoint 97/2000/2002 documents
• Microsoft Visio Viewer - View and print Visio documents
• Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 - View and print Word documents
• Paperport Viewer - View and print PaperPort image items (.max files)
• Open Office(Sun Microsystem)OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and
  multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major
  office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.

Firewalls

• Filseclab Personal Firewall
• Sygate Personal Firewall
• ZoneAlarm

IM & Chat

• EyeBall Chat - Video chat live with friends and family works with AIM, MSN
  and Yahoo!
• Trillian IM client
• Skype Skype is internet communications. Skype is software that lets you use
  your computer and internet connection to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world.

Media Players

• DivX - DivX codec. Allows you to view DivX content
• Macromedia Flash Player - View Flash movies
• Quicktime
• RealPlayer
• Winamp

Office Suites

• Open Office - Includes word processor, spreadsheet, multimedia presentations, draw,
  database

Spyware Removers & Popup Blockers

• Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition - Detect and remove spyware
• CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller (v1/v2) MiniRemoval - Utility to help remove this irritating
  spyware
• CWShredder - Defense against the new Cool Web Search variants
• HijackThis - Site includes a number of spyware removal utilities
• McAfee AVERT Stinger - Remove specific viruses from your PC.
• Pop-Up Manager - Blocks pop-up ad windows
• Pop-Up Stopper - Blocks pop-up ad windows
• Spybot S&D - Scan and remove for spyware, adware, hijackers, etc
• Spyware Blaster - Stop spyware infecting your PC.

Security

• Digital Identity - Securely manage passwords and PINs.
• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser - Check your PC is fully patched
• Sygate Online Services - Online security test

System Analysers

• Belarc Advisor
• Fresh Diagnose
• Lavalys Everest
• Sandra Standard

System Utilties

• Atomic Clock Syn - Keep your PC's clock accurate
• HD Tune - hard disk utility software
• LSP-Fix - Repairs Winsock 2 settings
• Restoration - Recover deleted files

Text Editors

• Metapad - Feature rich text editor
• Notepad+ - Replacement for windows notepad

Web Browsers

• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Suite
• Netscape
• Opera

Website Administration

• Weblog Expert Lite - analyse website log files
• Xenu Link Checker - Check your website for dead links

Windows Desktop

• ExpPrint - Print file listings from Windows Explorer
• Fresh UI - Optimise Windows Settings
• OrphansRemover 1.8 - Remove invalid links from your Start Menu
• Webshots Desktop - Download quality photos and use them as backgrounds
  and screensavers